"But what about the hearing other people thing? From what I figured, that's about the point of the Drift. Hearing thoughts faster than you can say anything." But if it was just the hearing, it did help, in an odd way. It settled that deep fear that he'd lose himself in somebody else.

Mike couldn't help leaning forward while he spoke, listening, looking for an answer, and even if it wasn't the exact right time, maybe it was at lest a chance to ask someone who could point him to someone he could ask when it was the right time.